# Date: 1905

2) Rad[icals] — representatives of the opp[osition] will be few.
Moderates — 
" 
" 
" quite numerous
and influential 
group".*
3) Rad[icals] — "act[ive] - r[evolution]ary group" 
Moderates — "failure of c[onstitutional] m[ovement]" m[ay] b[e] to the benefit of autocracy4
4) Rad[icals] — cannot l[eave] un[utilized]
the sole m[oment] of r[evolution]ary 
int[ensity].
Moderates — conditions of str[uggle] in the Duma "incomparably" 
"more favorable" than now.
1 No. 75 of "Osvobozhdenie" from 19(6) August 1905. Article by S. S. "To Go or Not to Go to the State Duma" (S. S. — taken from the word profes-
sor [pseudonym of Milyukov]). The article states: "... Two congresses have just concluded, of zemstvo and municipal figures and of the 'Union of Unions,' and at both the question posed in the title was discussed with particular heat and passion."
2 "Both congresses unanimously demanded universal suffrage and legislative power for the Duma. But the center of gravity for the more radical group undoubtedly lay in the demand for a change in the electoral system, whereas for the more moderate [group] the main interest consisted in the expansion of the Duma's rights" (ibid.).
8 "If one admits that an assembly, in any case, will convene, is it reasonable to deprive oneself in advance of the possibility of having one's representatives there? These representatives, the opponents object, will in any case be too few, and they will have no influence. — On the contrary — assert the proponents of the view being expounded — the opposition group — if it does not perhaps prevail from the very beginning in the chamber — will in any case be quite numerous and influential..."
"The argumentation of the opposing side is, of course, based on a completely different psychology than this psychology of zemstvo and municipal constitutionalists. This is — the argumentation of active revolutionary groups, strongly reminiscent of the views of the old Narodnaya Volya.
... But the most crucial question remains open: in whose favor will the failure of the constitutional movement be reckoned — in favor of social revolution or in favor of ... autocracy."

EXTRACT ON THE PERMISSION FOR THE ZEMSTVO CONGRESS
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* EXTRACT FROM "THE TIMES" ON THE PERMISSION FOR THE ZEMSTVO CONGRESS. 1
[September, before the 26th, 1905. Geneva.]
"The Times" 18. IX. 05.
St. Petersburg 17. IX. The Zemstvo Congress has been authorised to meet 
in Moscow on the 25-th inst. in order to discuss the electoral pro- 
gramme, provided it keeps strictly to that subject.
Moscow 16. IX.
M. Golovin to-day visited the Governor General with reference 
to the forthcoming Zemstvo Congress. His Excellency stated that the 
Congress would be permitted to assemble, but that the programme 
must be confined to three points, — first, the participation of the 
Zemstvos & towns in the elections of the State Duma; secondly, 
the organisation of the electoral campaign; &, thirdly, the partici
pation of the Zemstvos & towns in the work of assisting in relief 
work in famine-stricken districts.
Tel[egram] from St. Pet[ersburg] without asterisk: "from a correspondent". 1 
From M[oscow] with asterisk, probably Reuters.
[Translation.]
The Times, 18 September 1905.
St. Petersburg, 17 September. The Zemstvo Congress was permitted to meet in Moscow (scheduled for the 25th) for the purpose of discussing the electoral programme and on the condition of strictly adhering to the planned order of business.
Moscow, 16 September.
M. Golovin today visited the Governor General to report on the forthcoming zemstvo congress. His Excellency stated that the congress could be permitted, but that the programme must be limited to three points: first, the participation of the zemstvos and towns in the elections to the State Duma; second, the organization of the electoral campaign; third, the participation of the zemstvos and towns in the organization of aid to famine-stricken provinces.